Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 668: Swallow's Feather
Once upon a time, Li An's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won an Oscar and created a box office myth for Chinese-language films in North America.

Now, Li An has won the Oscar for Best Director again for "Life of Pi".

However, the North American box office champion throne of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was replaced by "Ip Man: The Final Chapter", and the Oscar is no longer exclusive to Li An.

Sina Entertainment News

"At noon on February 2, BJ time, the 25th Academy Awards ceremony closed at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Ben Affleck's Argo won three awards including the Best Picture."

"Li An's film Life of Pi won four awards including Best Director, Cinematography, Visual Effects, and Music. Fan Qiaoqiao, the only Chinese actress attending the ceremony, burst into tears on the spot."

"23-year-old Jennifer Lawrence won the Best Actress Award for Silver Linings Playbook."

Last year, when Zhang Yimou won the award, it was Li Qiaoqiao who shed tears on the spot.

This year, Li An won the award, but it was Fan Qiaoqiao who shed tears on the spot.

Smart Li Qiaoqiao declined the invitation to attend the Oscars ceremony.

First, I avoided meeting Fan Qiaoqiao on the red carpet. Second, this year's Oscars has nothing to do with Chinese-language films, and there is no benefit other than showing up on the red carpet.

Fan Qiaoqiao's gown this time was different from the classic or seasonal dresses worn by other Oscar guests.

The dress she chose was a solid pink, bare-shoulder puffy skirt, which highlighted the delicateness of her skin compared to the rough skin of foreigners.

It is also a 2013 autumn and winter haute couture model, ahead of the season and with a domineering look, but it is a little lonely after all.

Compared with big names like Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman, she doesn't seem to be domineering at all, and is actually a bit pitiful.

Even Fan Qiaoqiao himself lamented that he felt lonely walking on the red carpet this time.

But Fan Qiaoqiao's studio will never admit it, and all the press releases they issue use words like "overwhelming" and "outshines".

If there are any Hollywood top actresses like Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Black Pearl, I'll buy one for each, and if there are two for each, I'll buy a pair for each.

Fan Qiaoqiao probably didn't expect that this press release would go wrong.

He does not mean that.

Some netizens used "Fan Qiaoqiao Li Ya" as the keyword to search for news, and found 269 articles.

Netizen "Baopiwang" even wrote a Weibo post titled "Those Actresses Who Have Been Outshined or Overshadowed by Fan Qiaoqiao Over the Years" and jokingly said that the only actress that Fan Qiaoqiao has not overshadowed is Liu Yifei.

During the Lantern Festival, Li Chen and Liu Xiaoli brought Xiao Wuxia to Hengdian to visit Miss Liu.

Hengdian is already very familiar with Li Chen and Liu Yifei.

In the evening, the Qingming Shanghe Tu scenic area seemed unusually warm, and Li Chen and Liu Yifei were strolling on the quaint streets.

Not far away, the crew of "Knowing" was still busy.

"Do you remember when we first came to Hengdian?" Before they knew it, the two of them had stepped onto the bridge, and Liu Yifei turned around with a look of excitement on her face.

Seeing Miss Liu's smile, Li Chen was also in a good mood: "Of course I remember."

"That year when you were filming The Legend of Sword and Fairy, I traveled thousands of miles to get you a role, and your mother was like a wolf-guarding grandmother, afraid that I would kidnap you, Little Red Riding Hood."

Liu Yifei was overjoyed: "Mom is so sharp-eyed that she saw through you, the wolf grandma, at a glance!"

"Don't you see through it?"

"Guess?" Liu Yifei's beautiful eyes were bright.

"I guess Little Red Riding Hood already has someone in her heart." As soon as the words were spoken, the two of them couldn't help but hug and kiss each other.

Yang Zi had sharp eyes and saw the two people kissing on the arch bridge at a glance.

"Look! Look!" Yang Zi pulled Jiang Peiyao and said excitedly.

"Don't look at anything inappropriate, Ah Zi!" Jiang Peiyao glanced at the "scenery" on the arch bridge and smiled as she stopped the startled Yang Zi.

"I'll take a picture first and send it back to the boss lady!" Yang Zi did what he said and took out his mobile phone to take a picture.

When Li An won the Oscar, several top directors, from Li Chen to Zhang Yimou to Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige, were all silent.

On the contrary, art film directors like Wang Xiaoshuai all felt like they had eaten sour plums.

"Congratulations to Director Li An... The Oscars are not for everyone to play with. There is only one Best Foreign Language Film award for films other than the US and the UK, and they have to be recommended by their own country. The Film Bureau recommends every year. Li An's conditions are probably unprecedented and will never be matched."

There is something else behind these words.

It seems to be a congratulation to Li An, but in fact it is a protest against censorship.

This statement immediately received a response from Heping, the director who ate Fan Qiaoqiao tofu.

He Ping directly criticized some film critics for only knowing how to criticize Chinese-language directors without considering the actual situation such as film censorship.

This obviously means that it’s not the director’s fault if a good film cannot be made.

However, Heping quickly deleted the Weibo post afterwards.

There were many people who congratulated Li An, including Zhang Ziyi, Fan Qiaoqiao, Zhou Runfa and so on.

Domestic media also share the honor.

But the strangest thing is that neither the American media nor domestic big directors represented by Li Chen made any comments.

Even Liu Yifei was curious.

When they returned to the hotel in the evening, Li Chen had just finished taking a shower and went to bed when Liu Yifei couldn't wait to ask about the doubts in her heart.

"What's so strange about this? Look, Director Zhang won an Oscar last year. Did Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang express anything?"

"What's more, this time 'Searching' still didn't even make the Best Foreign Language Film shortlist. Chen Kaige must be hoping that Li An will also return empty-handed, so that he won't be remembered again as the Palme d'Or director who has attempted to win the Best Foreign Language Film the most times but never won a single one."

"how about you?"

"Me?" Li Chen smiled lightly.

"If Li An wins the Olympic gold medal, I will definitely come to congratulate him! Oscar? What kind of honor is that? What's there to congratulate?"

Liu Yifei chuckled, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "But you chose Leon to star in The Revenant, wasn't it for the Oscars?"

Li Chen said nonchalantly: “Let me put it this way, Leon is obsessed with Oscar, but I am not.”

"Gains and losses all depend on my thoughts." Li Chen's face was indifferent, but in Miss Liu's eyes, her husband was extremely domineering at this moment.

"You want me to get one, then I'll get one!"

"Bullshit!" Liu Yifei's face flushed with disbelief, but in fact she had already believed it in her heart.

I have known my husband for eleven years, and he never seems to have boasted.

Li Chen sneered, hugged Miss Liu in his arms, and didn't explain much.

It is indeed bragging that Jennifer Lawrence won the Oscar at the age of 23.

Otherwise, why would that fat guy Weinstein spend so much energy on her?

After spending the Lantern Festival with Miss Liu in Hengdian, Li Chen went to northern Shaanxi to visit the crew.

The filming of "Longling Mystery Cave" is progressing smoothly.

When he arrived at the crew, Huang Xiaoming's official girlfriend Dabaobei "happened" to be there as well.

The main creators of the crew knew about Li Chen's visit to the set early on.

When he saw Li Chen, Big Baby suddenly came back to life as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

Li Chen even doubted whether Dabaobei came to visit Huang Xiaoming or to wait for him.

"Hello, Director Li!" The big baby opened his bloody mouth and laughed in a way that made people feel creepy.

It was in stark contrast to the dusty and dirty look of the crew members.

Li Chen nodded and asked casually, "When did you come?"

Dabaobe became even more enthusiastic and was about to reply, but Huang Xiaoming spoke for her: "I've been here for a week, Director Li."

Dabaobei glared at Huang Xiaoming in embarrassment.

Huang Xiaoming was not afraid and told the truth: "She is here to avoid the limelight, Director Li."

"Hide from the limelight? 'Together'?" Li Chen reacted.

The big baby was even more embarrassed.

The biggest joke of the Spring Festival season is "Together", directed by Huo Yaoliang and starring a number of popular artists including Zhen Zidan, Dabaobei, Ke Zhendong, Huang Zongze, Chen Yanxi, Zhou Xiuna and others!
The box office of 6.6 on the first day was unprecedented. In less than two weeks, the film was forced to be taken off the screen due to the total box office of 83.

Some netizens revealed that Zhen Zidan, who was filming in Shenzhen, had not appeared on the set of "Special Identity" for several days. The reason announced to the public was that he was accidentally injured and had to rest for a week.

Yang Mi told him at the company that day that Guo Jingming told her privately that she regretted choosing Ke Zhendong.

"Director Li also knows about this? Even so, she still wants to be in your and Director Zhang's play. I think she is just daydreaming."

The big baby suddenly had an epiphany and looked very pitiful.

Huang Xiaoming thought to himself: "At least I'm not that stupid."

Li Chen saw clearly the double act between the two, but he did not respond.

It is said that even the big and small kings are a little afraid of the big baby, and the post-production of "Dragon King of the Divine Capital" is almost completed.

If "Dragon King of the Capital of Gods" is the same as "Together", the big and small kings will probably want to kill the big baby.

Li Chen stayed on the crew for two hours and then returned to the hotel.

Watching Li Chen leave, Big Baby became depressed again.

"I told you that I can't sign with Huayi, I can't sign with Huayi, but you insisted on making me sign! If I sign with Huayi, Rongchen Pictures will never hire me!"

Huang Xiaoming just kept silent despite Dabaobei’s unreasonable behavior.

But in his heart he said, "Whether you sign with Huayi or not, Director Li will not use you."

The next day, Li Chen returned to Beijing. On the last day of February, the domestic box office of "Ip Man" exceeded 10 billion yuan, and "Journey to the West" was close to 7 million yuan.

Li Chen didn't have to worry about it, as Han Saping naturally got the secret key to postpone "Ip Man", which made the two Wangs very angry. Deputy Chen Guo's resignation caused Huayi's stock price to plunge again.

No wonder Feng Xiaogang's "Private Tailor" achieved a box office of 700 to 800 million in later generations.

The location shooting has just started and the popularity and topics are almost non-stop.

Today we invited Wang Baoqiang and Ge You to perform double insurance, and tomorrow it will be the competition between Bai Baihe and Super Lu for the leading female role.

He not only mowed the grass but also caught rabbits, making Feng Xiaogang Film Commune, the filming location, well-known to everyone.

It is simply a complete industrial chain.

He even asked his wife to attend the Directors Guild Awards Ceremony on his behalf. When asked why, Director Feng didn't come because he was busy filming.

At the nomination dinner, Lu Chuan and Chen Kaige were in perfect harmony and both said frankly that they were preparing for new films. As for the specific type of the film, they were not willing to reveal it, which whetted everyone's appetite.

On Weibo, the two old men, Chen Kaige and Lu Chuan, are not as straightforward as Li Yu, a female director.

At least they don't keep you in suspense.

But now Chen Kaige has been dragged into the same ranking as Lu Chuan by the media, and I wonder if Director Chen will be furious. Chen Kaige was furious when he got home.

"This Lu Chuan is so annoying!"

"These media are really nonsense!" The poet's facial features were almost squeezed together. His expression was abstract to begin with, and became even more abstract when he got angry.

Chen Hong was also tired, mentally tired, so she just silently poured a glass of water for the poet and left the study, letting him do whatever he wanted.

Her pigeon is no longer the director Chen who once roared to countless audiences at the Shanghai Grand Theater with great enthusiasm, "Is Farewell My Concubine good?"

"Rainbow! Rainbow!" Seeing that his wife was acting out of character and did not comfort him, the poet could no longer hold back and kept shouting.

In the Hengdian "Knowing" crew, Deng Chao came to visit Liu Yifei specially for "Breakup Guru".

But when Liu Yifei heard that Li Chen was not planning to invest, she refused without even thinking about it.

"Yifei! It's a sure win! Director Li has already said that there is a possibility of making a lot of money. Mimi and I will be the lead actors, and you are still not confident?" Deng Chao was a little incredulous.

Even money offered was rejected!
Before he came, his wife Sun Li beat a broken gong for him, but he still didn't believe it.

Sun Li only said one sentence to Deng Chao: "If you don't invest in the movie, I won't invest in it either."

As expected, Liu Yifei was more direct and said to Deng Chao with a smile: "Brother Chao, I have no concept of money, not to mention that I am also a shareholder of Rongchen Pictures."

Deng Chao nodded speechlessly: "I see. After all, women understand women better. Lili said you won't vote, but I still don't believe it."

"If you don't want to invest, then don't invest. Mr. Wang from Guangguang wanted to invest but I haven't agreed yet, but you and Director Li both refuse to invest!"

"But we've agreed that you'll come to the premiere whether Director Li comes or not."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Of course no problem, as long as I'm in Beijing."

Deng Chao collapsed: "It's the same whether I said it or not. I find that you are becoming more and more like Director Li. You are always so precise in what you say."

Liu Yifei was immediately delighted: "Yeah, I think so too, this is probably the husband singing and the wife following."

That night, Deng Chao invited Liu Yifei, Yang Zi, Jiang Peiyao and several other junior sisters to have a hotpot meal together.

The hot pot hadn't arrived yet. Yang Zi took out her phone and glanced at Liu Yifei and exclaimed, "No way?"

Liu Yifei asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"The boss is on the hot search again! But, this is too unbelievable. What does she like about him?"

"What are you talking about!" Liu Yifei came over to take a look, and Deng Chao and Jiang Peiyao also came over to take a look.

Several people were stunned.

It turned out that someone on Weibo leaked a passionate kissing video of Dong Jie and the ugly man described by Miao Pu as having his face squeezed by a door.

Deng Chao widened his eyes, looked at Liu Yifei, then watched the video, almost unable to believe it.

"It's over, it's over now!" Deng Chao sat down on the stool and immediately lost his appetite.

Last year, he and Dong Jie filmed the drama "Ten Years of Love". Although it was bought out by Mango TV, it has not been released yet because the script was too gloomy.

If the person who was fighting Wang Dazhi to death in this video was really Dong Jie, then "Ten Years of Love" would probably be a complete flop.

Liu Yifei looked at the entries related to Li Chen on Weibo, all of which were "Little Leo's injustice was redressed" and "Little Leo did nothing wrong in employing people", and sat back in her seat.

"Let me make a phone call!" Liu Yifei said after a pause, and then left the private room.

She remembered that when her husband talked about this matter, he said that the day would come when the truth would be revealed about who was right and who was wrong.

Today, it was broad daylight.

Inside the private room, Jiang Peiyao and Yang Zi couldn't describe the feeling in their hearts.

"Brother Chao, do you think the boss is scary?" Yang Zi's expression was a little unnatural.

Deng Chao hadn't reacted yet: "What do you mean?"

Jiang Peiyao was more controlled than Yang Zi: "What she meant was that the company has never used any of the artists who have had problems in recent years."

At this point, Yang Zi also took the risk: "Brother Chao, let me ask you a question while Sister Fei is not here."

"Did the boss give you the material for Zhuo Wei?"

Deng Chao really admired these two junior sisters. He chuckled, "I want to know too! If you ask me, who should I ask?"

"You two little girls are so silly. Don't ask about this kind of thing. You just need to understand one thing: no matter how powerful Director Li is, he won't target his own people!"

Yang Zi sat up and said with a smile: "Of course I know, otherwise you think I'm stupid and I'm willing to break my head to get into the company."

As the three were talking, Liu Yifei came in, her face returning to its normal smile.

"Whatever you say, I won't say anything once I come in."

Yang Zi chuckled: "We are saying that the boss has a good eye for talent and married a beautiful and kind-hearted woman like you, Sister Fei, as his wife!"

Liu Yifei wanted to laugh when she remembered what her husband had said on the phone just now: "The proletariat threw away their chains and gained the whole world."

The husband’s reaction just now was probably not acted. He really didn’t know, otherwise he wouldn’t have made that exclamation.

The love triangle between Dong Jie, Da Zhi and Pan Yue Ming topped the trending searches for a week.

"Swordsman" has come to an end, but Yu Zheng and Li Chen have become hot topics.

The reason is that the audience complained that the finale was too horrifying and comparable to a horror movie.

Countless viewers pointed out that the heart-changing operation at the end was an imitation of Leo DiCaprio's "Painted Skin"!
Zhang Da Huzi also jumped out to criticize Yu Zheng's "Swordsman" as being totally unwatchable.

Mango Channel's ratings plummeted.

There used to be a saying in the circle that it is easy to shake a mountain, but it is a bit difficult to shake the Hunan Army. This is referring to Mango TV.

But since Blueberry TV and Li Chen's Rongchen Pictures signed a strategic cooperation agreement, this sentence has become a thing of the past.

Last year's "Variety Show" and this year's "I Am a Singer" have brought some improvement to the ratings of variety shows.

There was a problem with the show again. "New Story of the Bandits in Wulong Mountain" was only aired for two episodes and was hastily withdrawn because the ratings were less than 0.7.

The subsequent dramas "Blue Porcelain", "The Secret History of Princess Taiping", "Queen of Reversals", "Smiling Beauty" and "The Bounty Hunters" were unable to reverse the downward trend, and the ratings did not break 1.

At the headquarters building of Mango TV, the leaders of Mango TV and the leaders of the Hunan Radio and Television Bureau appeared at the headquarters today.

In the huge conference room, the director's voice was full of passion: "Currently, Mango TV is in a very difficult period. This is a particularly depressing period in more than a decade."

"What difficulties have we not experienced? Mango TV was born in poverty, but it prospered despite the adversity."

"In one hundred days, we will definitely surpass blueberries, tomatoes and lychees! Do you have the confidence?"

The response of "yes" was weak.

The director asked again: "Do you have confidence?"

"Have!"

After a meeting, the director is only responsible for boosting morale.

When it comes to the specific implementation, the subordinates will be left racking their brains.

"Taipei, I heard that Rongchen Pictures' latest variety show "Here Comes Idol" will be open for bidding."

"Then buy it! If you don't have enough money, I'll find a way! Anyway, I don't want to hear the term "Mango Defends TV" from my boss again!"

"Where's the show! The chicken feathers are flying to the sky! They are 4, and we are still 1!"

"Weitai, Rongchen Pictures' dramas, all major TV stations are willing to spend money, and Blueberry also has a strategic cooperation agreement with Rongchen Pictures. We will be at a disadvantage in bidding."

The director said earnestly: "Xiao Wang! We have become the ones protecting the TV! And you still tell me whether you will suffer a loss or not!"

"If you continue like this, not only will you suffer losses, but even eating will become a problem!"

In Beijing, Li Chen was watching the post-production editing and special effects of "Vientiane Island" at Zhizhen Painting Art.

Wang Changtian was also around. The two of them stood behind several special effects artists, staring at the screen but their mouths were busy.

"Brother, you are famous now. Did you know that when Seattle was announced, Xiaoyanzi was so scared that she called me and asked me to move up the release date of Fleet of Time?"

Seeing that Li Chen didn't respond, Wang Changtian continued to talk to himself: "I said what file, using such a small trick, I am just slapping myself in the face."

When Li Chen heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Okay, you should help her."

Wang Changtian also wanted to laugh: "That's what you want. I don't want to fight with you."

Li Chen glanced at him, then turned and left.

The two of them came to Li Chen's office, and Li Chen said, "Don't play dumb, I don't want to be the second Zhen Zidan."

Wang Changtian laughed loudly: "Real Zidan, a man with strong limbs and a simple mind."

"He thinks he can make it in our industry with his little fame and a few popular young artists? What a joke!"

"But seriously, this time we two brothers are the ones who stick to our word and can't go back on our words. No one is allowed to do anything tricky."

Li Chen also laughed: "Don't worry, I will not offend others unless they offend me."

"With you and Mr. Han, two great Buddhas, protecting this little swallow, who can escape from plucking its feathers?"

The two looked at each other and laughed, but after they left Zhizhen Painting Art.

Li Chen called Yang Siwei.

"In terms of cinema schedules, hot topics in the media, and advertising, Xiaoyanzi is better than me."

"Word-of-mouth marketing has been done to the extreme for me, both before and after the screening!"

“Take advantage of hot social topics to spark continuous discussion among the audience!”

"Materialism", "mistress", "giving birth in the US", "homosexuality", "gift-giving men", etc., these are the topics that the audience has been paying attention to and debating!"

“Remember this sentence: “Good product + good reputation + good gimmick = good sales”

"Let alone a little swallow, even if a Saker Falcon flies by, it has to leave something for me!"

Yang Siwei wrote quickly, writing down her boss's instructions word for word.

"I've got it all down, boss. Don't worry. If Seattle loses to Rush, I'll be beheaded!"

Wang Changtian also called Li Xiaoping.

"China Film Group and our resources are fully committed to supporting 'Fleeting Time'!"

“I want the whole city to be filled with “Fleet of Time”!”

"Don't save me the hush money! I don't want to see any military flags or any dirty laundry!"

Li Xiaoping didn't know why the boss suddenly became so sharp.

Didn’t you go to see the post-production of “Vientiane Island”?

However, Xiaoyanzi's "Fleet of Time" is indeed an important project of the company this year, and it is also linked to the stock price.

(End of this chapter)